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Operating charts for continuous sedimentation III: control of step inputs

Diehl, Stefan LU (2006) In Journal of Engineering Mathematics 54(3). p.225-259
Abstract
The main purposes of a clarifier-thickener unit is that it should produce a high underflow concentration and a zero effluent concentration. The main difficulty in the control of the clarification-thickening process (by adjusting a volume flow) is that it is nonlinear with complex relations between concentrations and volume flows via the solution of a PDE - a conservation law with a source term and a space-discontinuous flux function. In order to approach this problem, control objectives for dynamic operation and strategies on how to meet these objectives are presented in the case when the clarifier-thickener unit initially is in steady state in optimal operation and is subjected to step input data. A complete classification of such... (More)
The main purposes of a clarifier-thickener unit is that it should produce a high underflow concentration and a zero effluent concentration. The main difficulty in the control of the clarification-thickening process (by adjusting a volume flow) is that it is nonlinear with complex relations between concentrations and volume flows via the solution of a PDE - a conservation law with a source term and a space-discontinuous flux function. In order to approach this problem, control objectives for dynamic operation and strategies on how to meet these objectives are presented in the case when the clarifier-thickener unit initially is in steady state in optimal operation and is subjected to step input data. A complete classification of such solutions is given by means of an operating chart (concentration-flux diagram). (Less)
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thickener, control, operating charts, continuous sedimentation, step response
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Journal of Engineering Mathematics
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54
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3
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225 - 259
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Springer
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0022-0833
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10.1007/s10665-005-7720-3
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English
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  title        = {{Operating charts for continuous sedimentation III: control of step inputs}},
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  doi          = {{10.1007/s10665-005-7720-3}},
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